New Mexico · Deer · bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-2-129
Unit 2C. Bag limit fork-antlered deer (FAD). Of the people who ranked this hunt first, how many drew it — year by year, and separately for each of the three pools New Mexico draws. Every figure comes from a Department of Wildlife report linked at the foot of this page.
What the 2026 draw did
New Mexico offered 50 licences on hunt code DER-2-129 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 506 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 0.20%; 358 resident applicants ranked it first and 35 drew it, 9.78%; 264 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 4 drew it, 1.52%.
First-choice draw rate, by pool and year
| Year | Pool | Ranked it first | Drew on first choice | First-choice draw rate | Ranked it 2nd or 3rd | Licences to this pool | Share of the quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Resident | 358 | 35 | 9.78% | 590 | 42 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 506 | 1 | 0.20% | 500 | 3 | 6% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 264 | 4 | 1.52% | 369 | 5 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 401 | 31 | 7.73% | 513 | 42 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 585 | 3 | 0.51% | 481 | 3 | 6% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 252 | 3 | 1.19% | 388 | 5 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 403 | 35 | 8.68% | 509 | 42 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 505 | 2 | 0.40% | 501 | 3 | 6% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 183 | 4 | 2.19% | 392 | 5 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 446 | 29 | 6.50% | 563 | 42 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 447 | 2 | 0.45% | 533 | 3 | 6% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 180 | 1 | 0.56% | 368 | 5 | 10% |
Share of the quota is the department's own R% / NR% / O% column: this pool's share of the licences offered. It is an allocation split set by state law — a minimum of 84% resident, 10% outfitted, 6% nonresident — and not a chance of drawing. It reads 100% on any hunt residents took in full. It is shown because the department publishes it and a reader will meet it elsewhere, not because it answers the question this page is about.
The first-choice draw rate, year by year
One strip per pool, because the three are drawn separately under different shares and a single averaged line would hide the only distinction most readers are here for. Each figure is a record of what that year's draw did. None of it forecasts the next one.
Rounded to whole percentages here; the table above carries them to two decimals. A dash means nobody in that pool ranked this hunt first that year.
Licences offered against licences issued
These are different numbers and the department publishes both. A hunt can fail to fill, and 35 of the 893 hunts in the 2026 report did.
| Year | Licences offered | Licences issued | Applicants who ranked it first | Applicants in total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 1,128 | 2,587 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 1,238 | 2,620 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 1,091 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | 1,073 | 2,537 |
Applicants in total counts everyone who ranked this hunt anywhere in their three choices, across all three pools. It is a measure of demand, not of competition for a first-choice licence.
Sources for this hunt
- 2026CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2026-04-13, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2025CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2025-04-09, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2024CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2024-04-09, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2023-odds_corrected_CN.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2023-04-11, fetched 2026-08-31